EP1629800A4 - Lacrimal punctum plug - Google Patents

Lacrimal punctum plug

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Publication number
EP1629800A4
EP1629800A4 EP04734946A EP04734946A EP1629800A4 EP 1629800 A4 EP1629800 A4 EP 1629800A4 EP 04734946 A EP04734946 A EP 04734946A EP 04734946 A EP04734946 A EP 04734946A EP 1629800 A4 EP1629800 A4 EP 1629800A4
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Prior art keywords
shaft
brim
tip portion
diameter
attached
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1629800A1 (en
EP1629800B1 (en
Inventor
Katsuaki Kurihashi
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MLC Ltd Co
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MLC Ltd Co
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Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels, umbilical cord
    • A61B17/12022—Occluding by internal devices, e.g. balloons or releasable wires
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels, umbilical cord
    • A61B17/12022—Occluding by internal devices, e.g. balloons or releasable wires
    • A61B17/12099—Occluding by internal devices, e.g. balloons or releasable wires characterised by the location of the occluder
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels, umbilical cord
    • A61B17/12022—Occluding by internal devices, e.g. balloons or releasable wires
    • A61B17/12131—Occluding by internal devices, e.g. balloons or releasable wires characterised by the type of occluding device
    • A61B17/12159—Solid plugs; being solid before insertion
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F9/007—Methods or devices for eye surgery
    • A61F9/00772—Apparatus for restoration of tear ducts
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S623/00—Prosthesis, i.e. artificial body members, parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor
    • Y10S623/902—Method of implanting
    • Y10S623/905—Eye

Abstract

A punctal plug inserted into the punctum-canaliculus, includes a shaft, a tip portion attached to one end of said shaft and a brim attached to the other end of said shaft, and a thin member penetrated into either one or all 3 out of said tip portion, shaft and brim, or said tip portion and shaft, or said shaft and brim. The thin member is thread 0.05 mm or less in diameter. The brim is disk shaped and the diameter of the brim is far smaller than the diameter of the tip. A protuberance is attached to the tip portion.
EP04734946A 2003-05-30 2004-05-26 Lacrimal punctum plug Not-in-force EP1629800B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2003154328A JP4104137B2 (en) 2003-05-30 2003-05-30 Punctum plug
PCT/JP2004/007552 WO2004105658A1 (en) 2003-05-30 2004-05-26 Lacrimal punctum plug

Publications (3)

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EP1629800A1 EP1629800A1 (en) 2006-03-01
EP1629800A4 true EP1629800A4 (en) 2007-09-19
EP1629800B1 EP1629800B1 (en) 2009-12-02

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EP04734946A Not-in-force EP1629800B1 (en) 2003-05-30 2004-05-26 Lacrimal punctum plug

Country Status (6)

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US (1) US7785285B2 (en)
EP (1) EP1629800B1 (en)
JP (1) JP4104137B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE450234T1 (en)
DE (1) DE602004024389D1 (en)
WO (1) WO2004105658A1 (en)

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DE602004024389D1 (en) 2010-01-14
JP4104137B2 (en) 2008-06-18
US7785285B2 (en) 2010-08-31
JP2004351060A (en) 2004-12-16
EP1629800A1 (en) 2006-03-01
US20060106352A1 (en) 2006-05-18
WO2004105658A1 (en) 2004-12-09
ATE450234T1 (en) 2009-12-15
EP1629800B1 (en) 2009-12-02

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